Green metals showcase

Jenny Selway is the Chief Executive Officer of the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC). She has over 20 years’ experience as an engineer and non-executive director, with expertise in decarbonisation and the energy transition. She previously worked at the Australian Energy Market Operator, where she focused on increasing renewable penetration in the Victorian transmission network. At ExxonMobil, Jenny specialised in international joint venture and asset management. She is a member of the Australian Government’s Industrial Decarbonisation and Green Metals Advisory Panel and a non-executive director at Gippsland Water.

Baethan Mullen is the Chief Executive Officer of the Superpower Institute, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping Australia seize the extraordinary economic opportunities of the post-carbon world.

Baethan has over 20 years’ experience in public policy, economics and advocacy. Prior to joining the Superpower Institute, Baethan was General Manager of Economics and International at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and led the largest energy efficiency program in Australia as Executive Director at the Essential Services Commission.

Andrew is the Research Director of Mineral Processing at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). He has over 30 years of experience in the minerals industry, across a range of technical, operational and strategic roles.

Andrew worked for Rio Tinto as Director Partnerships and GM Innovation in the Technology and Innovation group, and GM Technology in the Iron Ore group. While at Rio Tinto, he also served as a Director on the Boards of CRC Mining and the Parker Centre.

Catherine Zerger is the Branch Head of Hydrogen Strategy in the Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Catherine led the development of the 2024 National Hydrogen Strategy and leads implementation of the strategy. It includes hydrogen financing mechanisms such as Hydrogen Headstart and the Joint Australia-Germany H2 Global window, infrastructure, regulation and international engagement. Catherine has over 20 years’ experience in government, focused on energy and climate change policy, programs and regulation. This has included energy efficiency, renewable energy and clean energy technologies.

Will Reeves is an Investment Manager in the Business Development and Transactions Team at the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Will's focuses include ARENA's Low Emission Metals portfolio, green metals through the Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund. Plus industrial decarbonisation as part of ARENA's delivery of the Powering the Regions: Industrial Transformation Stream. Prior to ARENA, Will spent three years at an infrastructure investment firm as well as PwC's financial modelling team.

Tim Dobson is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Magnetite Mines. The two main projects in Magnetite Mines’ portfolio are the Razorback and the Muster Dam Iron Ore Projects, both located in South Australia. These projects aim to produce high-quality magnetite concentrate using hydrogen instead of coal. Tim has over 35 years of experience in leading and developing world-class operations in the mining and resources sector.

Michael Masterman is the Chief Executive Officer of Element Zero which he co-founded in 2022. Element Zero’s portfolio includes their patented process which uses electroreduction to produce green iron and can also be used for producing nickel and silicon. Michael has extensive experience in the energy and minerals sector across several companies.

Rimas Kairaitis is the Executive Director and Chief Commercial Officer at Alpha HPA. One of Alpha HPA’s key projects is the HPA First Project in Gladstone, which produces high-purity aluminium by using their solvent extraction and refining technology. Rimas has over 20 years of experience in the minerals and resources sector and has led geological field teams in the discovery of gold deposits.

Tara Oliver is the Head of the Heavy Industry Transition Division at the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR). Tara leads policy development and programs to support strong and sustainable Australian industries, and seize opportunities linked to decarbonisation and diversification. The division’s key priorities include green metals, trade remedies and global industry, clean energy manufacturing and net zero, and industrial transitions.

David Woods joined Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade as Chief Economist in November 2021. Mr Woods previously spent five years in Beijing as the head of the Treasury office in the Australian Embassy. He has extensive experience working on fiscal policy in both the Treasury and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He holds degrees from the University of Sydney and the London School of Economics

Nancy Gordon is Australia’s Commissioner General for the Osaka World Expo 2025. Ms Gordon has a long personal and professional connection with Japan. First visiting Japan as an exchange student at Waseda University during her undergraduate degree, Ms Gordon returned to Japan as Counsellor, Public Diplomacy at the Australian Embassy Tokyo from 2008 to 2011.

Margaret Bowen is Austrade’s Consul-General and Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner in Osaka since October 2024. Prior to Austrade, Ms Bowen worked in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as senior advisor on North Asia economic issues. In the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade she worked on Australia's economic and trade relationships with China, Japan and Korea.

Michael Cojerian joined Fortescue in March 2022 as Country Manager for Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. He started his career at ITOCHU International, trading steel and mineral resources.

He moved to Japan in 2016 becoming BHP Japan’s Country President and a board member of BMA Japan. In 2021, he joined Canadian Solar as Representative Director of its Japanese solar subsidiary, also overseeing Canadian Solar O&M and Canadian Solar Asset Management, a Tokyo Stock Exchange listed infrastructure REIT.